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I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this. If he were new to this thread, he would have had to clarify himself further. He's not new, and therefore he should have known there have definitely been monstrous opinions like this presented here. And by the way, writing "This is a horrible tragedy,...

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If something is so obvious that no one should need it pointed out to them (eg., cops shouldn't kill a man innocently using his cell phone in his own back yard), why not skip to something less obvious but still relevant (eg., look at this additional indication of the poor training that likely contri...

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Which he then clarified as being intended as an example of bad training in general. That clarification itself could still be made more explicit of course, but again, I'm operating on the assumption that most people aren't monsters. I'm not sure how to explain it better. S_T did a pretty good job - ...

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Alternatively, operating on the principle that the default assumption should be that a fellow human being is not a monster, the point is that poor, panicked use of a gun is indicative of poor training practices in general, and that better training might lead to less panic in such situations, and th...

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My point was more along the lines of, 'Look at how horribly these cops are trained.' Any basic firearms course would tell you to never shoot madly like that. This miscommunication is on me. I should have made myself clearer. Perhaps we should also train them not to shoot black people for having a c...

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I liked that building!

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SecondTalon wrote:And the villain was a guy who flew, like a sort of bird-man!

Or a bat person!

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Spider-Man was middling? I thought it was the best Marvel movie of last year, and possibly of recent years as well. Fresh, interesting, different, doesn't need to save the entire world from destruction, had a fantastic, actually menacing and memorable villain.

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In Hebrew we use the same word used for a chicken's comb.

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I've used some in Japanese curry rice. We do Mexican food sometimes. No chicken, but I'm sure mole sauce works with other stuff. Thanks for the idea!

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How is someone wanting to find a cheaper flight going to make the system inefficient? I was remarking on your (rightful) assertion that people would look for cheaper alternatives. There's nothing irrational about that...

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There's nothing irrational about not wanting to pay for something you believe isn't right, and trying to find ways to avoid it.

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This article describes different plane boarding methods: https://www.vox.com/2014/4/25/5647696/the-way-we-board-airplanes-makes-absolutely-no-sense Counter-intuitively the boarding from back to front ("standard") is actually the slowest. I am very surprised, but also slightly doubtful of ...

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I don't think PAstry is saying this is a bad thing to do (although if you're doing it without proper preparation and training for the risk you're taking, it's pretty bad). Just that looking at people who take great risks without need shouldn't be seen as heroes.

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Stupid, I guess? I feel the similarly with Into the Wild. I could not get through that movie because it just infuriated me how dumb and unthinking that person is while being viewed by others as noble in some way.

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All of you people expecting parents and toddlers to be cool with boarding separately have obviously never met a child.

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We got some dutch cocoa powder last weekend and it didn't fit in one jar, so I was psychologically thinking "We have a shitload of cocoa, I should use it up". Made some delicious brownies last night as a result.

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Unfortunately that's a pretty common trope in comic books. There's no piece of technology that just works out of the box with no testing, either, but that's a recurring theme in pretty much everything. And fans of media love to compare and contrast things - there's a rating for how powerful mutants ...

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That kind of excuses anyone from their choice to support this embarrassment of a presidency, as if most of these department heads weren't chosen specifically so they could dismantle and break down as much of those departments as possible.

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I played Vast once and it didn't feel very interactive. The mechanics are interesting and it's well-designed, but I'm not sure how it works over multiple plays.

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I actually already played through S1 already about a year ago, this is my second play through. I appreciate the tips but in this case they're not needed.

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We played S1 September yesterday, the one with the big twist. We decided to have four funding for the game. We're generally pretty casual about things with this group, and also my sister-in-law and her husband are going on their honeymoon at the end of the month for seven weeks so it would be great ...

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The finding relatives piece is not ridiculous, and I imagine is a large selling point - it is not so difficult these days to identify directly related relatives from DNA. If this technology was widely available 30 years ago, I'm certain a lost of Holocaust survivors would have used it.

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Yeah this bodes well. They could use some firepower right about now. Get it?

Firepower?

Because Annie... has fire powers?

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CorruptUser wrote:@Zohar

Me, or rms?

rms. In general when I post immediately after the person I respond to, I don't bother quoting them. This may not be the best policy.

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You're describing this as if the total punishment allowed for a crime is always capped and distributed between the people responsible for it. That is not the case. Alice and Bob can both get a life sentence (if the immoral act Y is bad enough).

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They all heard Trump is president, too, why not get rid of that?

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Everyone knows Japan is the mass-shooting and gun violence capital of the world.

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gmalivuk wrote:I saw a lot of comments about that to the effect of, What can I break that MBJ will then personally offer to replace?

The obvious response is a sex toy.

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We've started having "house rules" in season 1 because we've been doing so badly. I think having the dispatcher die IN THE VERY FIRST GAME was particularly shitty. So we allow ourselves to fly into and out of 2nd level cities, and we might throw in a few extra funding cards when we play. T...

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On the one hand - kind of an adorable picture? On the other hand I'm worried about what remains of Ys.

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Double post for relevant information - teenage girl breaks her retainer as she watched Michael B. Jordan's shirtless scenes on screen. He then offers to pay for her new retainer. I can't say I blame her, he was absolutely beautiful in that movie.

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The problem is being born wealthy provides you a disproportionate advantage - a wealthy person is (statistically) likely to be healthier, better-educated, better-looking, have more social connections to get a better job... The extent of this is ridiculous. To take your examples - a wealthy gorgeous ...

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You're just reinforcing the point that people give Stark slack on this. Shuri is the manager of perhaps the most technologically advanced R&D lab in the world, why would people think she's not as good at her job?

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Yeah, people have been describing Steve Jobs as the most visionary person in the past 30 years and Bill Gates as the devil who brought us Windows and ruined computers for the entire world single-handed (regardless of how accurate or not these statements are). As for Stark's equipment failing (which ...

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It is a form of art, and sometimes art is sexual or porn, why are you surprised, or critical?

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Spoiler:

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Pomelos may be my favorites but barring those - some type of orange probably.

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That made absolutely zero sense to me. What possible reason do you have for not immediately shooting Klaue? At best - you kill him and you have the gratitude of your partner, and if you want to off her you still have the chance to do so while she's grateful and not considering protecting herself...

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I don't know about your current job situation, but from what I've heard from teachers both in the US and Israel, you can probably expect a challenging system to work in, comparatively low pay, and hard work. It also sounds like it has enormous opportunities for satisfaction. Could you reach out to a...

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